Amazon XXX is a special Wi-Fi network that Amazon smart speakers create during setup. The speaker itself becomes the access point of this network. A device running the Alexa app can then connect to this amazon xxx network and send configuration directives to the speaker, which are then saved in the speaker’s internal memory. Parameters … Continue reading What Is Amazon XXX ?

You may opt to give / sell your Google Home Mini smart speaker to another person. or wish to link it to a different Google account, or connect it to a new Wi-Fi network. To unlink this device from its current Google account, to make it forget the wireless connection information and any multi-room groups … Continue reading Factory Reset Google Home Mini

We’ve played digital video discs (DVDs) for nearly two decades now. Daily watching them has been a major time filler of our spare time. So we’ve experienced and stopped many DVDs from skipping while playing. Neither DVD players, nor discs is immune from this annoying problem, whether a home or car DVD player, whether a cheap portable or most high-end home theater player. No kind of DVD is exempt … Continue reading How to Stop a DVD from Skipping

A convection oven, as utilized in the typical residential kitchen, is an electric, or gas heated oven (not a microwave, although SOME microwave ovens feature a convection heating setting). Major appliance ovens feature convection technology, both over and in the range, countertop toaster ovens, and both permanent and portable microwave ovens. Convection ovens come in … Continue reading Convection Vs Conventional Ovens Pros and Cons

You can indeed change the name that the Amazon Alexa enabled speakers respond to when you say it. Current choices are, “Alexa…,” “Amazon…,” “Computer…,” and “Echo…” The word is the name you call out when you want the popular voice assistant to wake up and start listening for a follow-up command / question. It’s how you “get her attention,” so to speak. … Continue reading Can You Change Alexa’s Name?

All of the smart speakers in the Google Home family, including the Original Google Home, the Mini, and the Max, can be easily reset to factory default state in order to restore proper operation or to prepare the speakers for transfer of ownership to another person. Here, we discuss how to hard reset the original … Continue reading Factory Reset Google Home

We’ve captured many screenshots of the 2018 versions of the Amazon Alexa app, running on the iOS platform, for the various posts we’re writing about the Alexa smart speakers that this app controls. We’ve put these photos together here in one post for quick and easy viewing and perusing. Often times, viewing some screenshots is … Continue reading Alexa App on iOS Screenshot Gallery, 2018